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<P>Boeing has cut the ribbon on a new production facility in south Seattle.&nbsp; It's where a version of its best-selling 737 aircraft will be transformed into one of the US navy's most advanced surveillance and reconnaissance aircraft.&nbsp;</P>
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<P>The new P-8A Poseidon will replace the cold-war era P-3C airplanes that are used to hunt out enemy submarines in missions all over the world.&nbsp; The US Navy has ordered 117 of them to begin going into service in 2013.&nbsp; India's navy has also ordered a version of the new plane and talks are underway with several other foreignThu, 11 Nov 2010 20:10:05 +0000Bellamy Pailthorp122 at http://www.kplu.org